We have real estate people on our town council. It is well known that realtors and developers work hand-in-hand to make as much money as possible on every new development. It should be obvious, that these realtors on council will vote ...
Kudos to Grundy for helping restore dark sky habitat for bats and owls
We are grateful to [District of Peachland director of operations] Shawn Grundy for his positive response to overlighting in an important bat habitat on Deep Creek greenway. Acting on a work order from his team, B.C. Hydro removed a newly ...
Planning to attend open mic night? Book ahead
Paula McLaughlin The Peachland Community Arts Council has begun a new local event to celebrate the performing arts, in the form of an open mic evening. These have been held in the Peachland Art Gallery since last July, and we ...
Car show coverage disappoints
I just finished looking at the May 27 edition of the Peachland View, and in particular of its coverage of the World of Wheels event. What a disappointment – so much more that could have been included in your edition. ...
Dead tree by road poses threat
This is to inform residents of upper Princeton Ave in the V0H 1X7 postal code that there is a dead tree by the road on the property slated for development in the 4000 block of Princeton Avenue. The tree, which ...
Old landfill site opportunity?
Peachland’s old landfill site might be a valuable source of gas from the decomposition of household waste. Kelowna’s landfill uses a gas recovery system. The CleanBC Communities Fund helps local governments pay for clean energy projects. With mercurial money ...
World of Wheels is happening on Sunday!
Sunday, May 22 – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Beach Avenue – downtown Peachland PARTICIPANTS Registration starts at 7 a.m. and ends at 10:30 a.m., rain or shine (no vendor entry after 10 a.m.). Registration tables are set up on ...
MyHealthPortal access
Dear editor, The Interior Health Authority (IHA) has a handy App called MyHealthPortal that allows patients to promptly view their health records online. The app tracks Interior Health services such as patient laboratory results and diagnostic imaging reports to name ...
Recycle BC decision to make
Joanne Layh Should we stay or should we go? That’s the question Peachland administration and the RDCO will ask of council this summer, when the regional district reaches the deadline to decide if their current partnership with Recycle BC should ...
Second Peachland pop-up planned
Joanne Layh If all goes well a second pop-up recycling depot will take place in Peachland later this year following the success of the recent first-time event that attracted over 150 participants. Glass, foam packaging and other flexible plastics are ...
Todd’s trees critical
Todd’s campground contains a large stand of mature trees that do what trees do best – provide shade, scrub the air by capturing CO2 to create oxygen, and assist in controlling land erosion. The proposed re-development of the property will likely result in the ...
Heritage Park washrooms: what about functionality?
Dear editor: It seems that the only thing we are talking about these days in Peachland is the potential washroom building currently sitting, unused, at the south end of Beach Avenue. It certainly seems to have given new life locally ...
Peachland keeps tax increase to 2.27 per cent
Double digit increases from some other tax authorities Joanne Layh Peachland property owners are looking at a 2.27 per cent municipal tax hike for 2022, which amounts to $32.75 for an average single-family dwelling. In addition, an average single-family dwelling ...
Little opposition at public hearing for Todd’s development
Joanne Layh Only a handful of Peachland residents came to have their say at a public hearing held on Tuesday evening for the redevelopment of the Todd’s RV site. The hearing, which wrapped up in around 40 minutes despite including ...
Sell the monstrosity and install a crosswalk
I will begin by saying that I am extremely disappointed with council’s decision to not support a motion to defer the spending of an additional $40,000 to build stairs to the washroom at Heritage Park that has already cost $100,000. ...